CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Name: CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
Author: Anthony Burgess

CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...

Anthony Burgess d. 1664London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656

[31], 672 [i.e. 702], [24] p. · 465k words · Wing B5651 · ESTC R13734

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Sermon 59: That it's a special Mercy for the Ministers of the Gospel to agree in one; Wherein the…Sermon 59: That it's a speciall Mercy for the Ministers of the Gospel to agree in one; Wherein the…

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5. Unity is to be desired, because this agreeth with their office and call; They preach the Gospel of peace, and God is the God of peace, Christ is the Prince of peace, and Col. 3. he is our peace reconciling all things; Why then should the Ministers tongue be a tongue of war, as if they were Priests to Bellona, rather then the Ministers of the Gospel, So that if all these grounds be considered we may well pray with our Saviour, Lord make the Ministers of the Gospel as one man, for divisions (as Jerome said) are amicorum dispendia, inimicorum compendia, and publica divinae irae incendia.

5. Unity is to be desired, because this agreeth with their office and call; They preach the Gospel of peace, and God is the God of peace, Christ is the Prince of peace, and Col. 3. he is our peace reconciling all things; Why then should the Ministers tongue be a tongue of war, as if they were Priests to Bellona, rather then the Ministers of the Gospel, So that if all these grounds be considered we may well pray with our Saviour, Lord make the Ministers of the Gospel as one man, for div•sions (as Jerom said) are amicorum dispendia, inimicorum compendia, and publica divinae irae incendia.

:1530p. 323§5

In the next place, what are the Causes (you may say) that may make the Ministers of the Gospel thus to dissent

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And 1. In the general It's corruption and sin which lurketh in the hearts of all, So that it's more to be wished for then expected, for to have Jerusalem a City compact within it self; Never expect in this world to see such a time wherein the Ministers of the Gospel shall have one Faith, one heart, one mouth; This is reserved for Heaven, where there will be no difference of Calvinists and Lutherans, of several forms of Church-government: The Church of God hath always been on fire, only as when an house is on fire, some cry for water, some for Ladders, some to pull down the House, so some have cried for more moderate means, some for fierce and vehement.

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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

SERMON LX. The great Pattern of Unity; The Nature and Properties of the Unity that is between God the Father, and the Son, against the Socinians. That the Ministers of God should endeavour after a perfect Unity, even to be One, as the Father and Son are. Also some Rules guiding thereunto.

SERMON LX. The great Paterne of Ʋnity; The Nature and Properties of the Ʋnity that is between God the Father, and the Sonne, against the Socinians. That the Ministers of God should endeavour after a perfect Ʋ nity, even to be One, as the Father and Sonne are. Also some Rules guiding thereunto.

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SERMON LX. The great Pattern of Unity; The Nature and Properties of the Unity that is between God the Father, and the Son, against the Socinians. That the Ministers of God should endeavour after a perfect Unity, even to be One, as the Father and Son are. Also some Rules guiding thereunto.

SERMON LX. The great Paterne of Ʋnity; The Nature and Properties of the Ʋnity that is between God the Father, and the Sonne, against the Socinians. That the Ministers of God should endeavour after a perfect Ʋ nity, even to be One, as the Father and Sonne are. Also some Rules guiding thereunto.